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Desktop Shortwave receiver
USB Transceiver
40m SSB Transceiver

General

HAM bands 160m  80m  60m  40m  30m (WARC)  20m  ? 40m 
Freq. stability ? ? ~ 100 Hz per half hour
Tuning steps Continuous ? 10 / 100 Hz, 1 / 100 kHz

Receiver

RX-range 0.15-1.5 MHz in 4 bands Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
5.9-8 MHz
Modulations AM   CW   All mode   FSK   AFSK   CW   SSB  
Sensitivity ? ? ?
Selectivity ? ? 4 crystal filter, 400Hz-3KHz continued adjustable
Filters ? ? ?
Receiver system Superheterodyne SDR ?
IF-freqs. ? ? 400 Hz - 3 kHz
Image rejection ? ? ?
Audio output Requires high-Z headphones or external speaker LS-3 ? ?

Transmitter

TX-range - Official: 300-348 / 391-464 / 782-928 MHz
Unofficial: 281-361 / 378-481 / 749-962 MHz
7.0-7.3 MHz
Modulations - - CW   SSB  
RF-output ? ? 8-9 W (@ 13.8 V DC)

Connections

Antenna Proprietary (military) SMA BNC
Impedance 50Ω ? ?
Other - - -

Electrical

Power req. ? 5 V DC (USB) 10-15 V DC
Current RX ? ? 50-60 mA
TX - ? 800 mA

Physical

Manufactured Between 1936 and 1945 in USA Between 201x and 20xx Between 201x and 201x
Dimensions 460 × 254 × 231 mm
(18.11 × 10.00 × 9.09 in)
? 88 × 38 × 124 mm
(3.46 × 1.50 × 4.88 in)
Weight 27.90 kg (61.6 lbs) ? 280 gr (9.9 oz)
Form factor Base Station Dongle Handheld

Other features

Memories None ? 8 channels in 1 bank(s)
Usage Military communication Amateur / Ham radio operators Amateur / Ham radio operators
Features BFO Full-Speed USB 2.0 Sidetone: 700 Hz
Keyer: 5-40 wpm adjustable
Accessories LS-3 external speaker ? ?
MPN MILITARY-BC-000344 OPEN-SOURCE-YARD-STICK-ONE YOUKITS-SK-000001A